English Grammar

Prepositions – Time English Usage Example on days of the week on Monday in months / seasons time of day year after a certain period of time (when?) in August / in winter in the morning in 2006 in an hour at for night for weekend a certain point of time (when?) at night at the weekend at half past nine since from a certain point of time (past till now) since 1980 for over a certain period of time (past till now) for 2 years ago a certain time in the past 2 years ago before earlier than a certain point of time before 2004 to telling the time ten to six (5:50) past telling the time ten past six (6:10) to / till / until marking the beginning and end of a period of time from Monday to/till Friday till / until

Over, above, on top of, under, underneath, below (exercises) Complete the following sentences: Over, above, or on top of ·         Her work is_________average. ·         The snow as________my waist. ·         Don`t put that cup_______my papers. ·         Keep the blanket_______your knees. ·         The captain of a boat is_______a seaman. under, underneath or below? ·         I think she is________ 19. ·         There is nothing new_____the sun. ·         The stone hit me________the elbow. ·         The temperature was________zero. ·         He has a hundred people ________him at work. ·         Get_____the blankets if you want to keep warm.

Over, above or on top of? Over (covering something) " Keep the towel over your shoulders. Above ( at a higher level) " The plane flew above the clouds. We can use either over and above to mean` vertically at a higher level `: " A helicopter was above/over the ship. If we refer to two birds on a tree, we say that one bird is above the other bird ( we are concerned with a higher level , but not vertical). We cannot use over. We use both over and above to refer to rank : " A general is over/above a lieutenant. On top of ( touching): " Put the dictionary on top of the shelf. Under ( covered by), underneath (completely covered by) " Put a mat under/underneath the coffee pot. Below is the opposite of above . It refers to position. " The water was just below my knees.

Put the correct forms of the verbs into the gaps. Use Simple Past in the statements They ______something to drink. (order) Last summer I ________to Stuttgart. (go) She_______her homework in the afternoon. (do) He______ to 10. (count) Our cat______a big mouse. (catch) In 2011 our class_______a trip to Norwich. (go) The weather _______really nice. (be) ____your brother____hello to people in the street? (say) ____the ladies ____a cup of tea in the cafe? (have) The secretary_______the file yesterday. (delete) Paul_____nothing to me. (say) ____your mother____breakfast last morning?(make) The people ________something to each other. (whisper) ____the teacher___the windows in your classroom?(open) They_______ at their bags. (look) My parents ______(not/look) after the children. Where_______(be) my pencil? Some students___________(not/want) to take the exams. Why________(be) you so angry with me yesterday? They______

Numbers 1-1000 1. Write the right number in each space twenty-eight three hundred and forty-five eight hundred and twenty-two seven hundred and thirty-five sixty-five one hundred seventy-three one thousand sixteen seventy nine hundred thirty-three 1.       Write the numbers in words 760   _____________________ 540 _____________________ 386 _____________________ 15  _____________________ 336 _____________________

WRITE THE PAST FORM OF THE VERBS IN BRACKETS             I.         Peter _____in Paris ten years ago. (live) He as a teacher there. (work) His flat near the Sacre Couer .(be) He see the Tower Eiffel from her window. (can) His flatmate (be) Antoine. He (be) a painter. He (paint) beautiful portraits. Peter (have) a small green car. He  (drive)  her car to work every day but he her bike on Sundays. (ride) Peter    crêpes every day.(eat) They delicious! (be) He sometimes (drink) some red wine. He     (not eat) scargo. Peter (not like) snails. His best friend Anette (live) in Versailles. peter sometimes (visit) her. They (play) tennis or (go) on picnics. On rainy days they (play) cards or (watch) a film.         II.       Robert : Hi Alice, what     you   last weekend? (do) Alice : I    (do)   a lot of things. On Saturday, I    (go)   shopping. Robert : What     you   (buy) ? Alice : I    (buy)   some new clothes. I also   (play) tennis. Robert